Expressions with BEAT The verb beat is wonderfully old-fashioned at heart and endlessly modern in use. It comes from the physical idea of striking or hitting, but English has stretched it into emotions, effort, competition, travel, confusion, and even everyday conversation. If you can use beat naturally, you’ll sound more Read more
25 Idioms Related to Nationalities Hello English learners! Welcome to a new lesson. Have you ever heard someone say “It’s all Greek to me” or “Let’s go Dutch” and wondered what on earth Greece or the Netherlands had to do with the conversation? English is full of colourful idioms that Read more
Expressions Related to Phones Hello English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. Today, we will look at different expressions related to phones. Below is a list of idioms and expressions whose origins lie in telephone language but which have seamlessly woven into everyday conversation—even in our era of mobile phones. Read more
16 Common Expressions with TALK (with Meanings & Examples) Hello, English learners! Welcome back 👋 Today’s lesson focuses on 16 common expressions with the verb talk — phrases you’ll hear in everyday conversations, at work, in the media, and in informal discussions. Although talk is a very basic verb, it Read more
Learn common verb + noun + preposition collocations such as pay attention to, take pride in, make room for and put pressure on. Each expression includes a clear meaning, a natural example and a short practice activity.
Hello English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. If you revise your English phrases regularly, you will probably notice that your listening, writing and speaking are improving a great deal. When you know natural English idioms, phrases and expressions you will talk more clearly, and be more confident. In today’s lesson, we will look at 15 ways to say “it’s easy”.
Phrases with “Yourself” Hello English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. We will look at phrases with yourself. Yourself is a reflexive form of the personal pronoun you. It is used as an object (you took a photo of yourself) and for emphasis (did you build the house yourself?). It Read more